Finbow v Air Ministry

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1963
Date1963
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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12 cases
  • Sparkes v Smart
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Kelston Maurice Sparkes (Appellant (Plaintiff) v Rodney Smart (Respondent
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 Abril 1990
    ...not justified in inferring an intention in the parties to create an interest in favour of Rodney which they had no right to do: see Finbow v. Air Ministry [1963] 1 W.L.R. 697. at page 707 per McNair J. where reference is made to the judgment of Denning L.J. in Lewisham Borough Council v. Ro......
  • The Queen v Dover Magistrates' Court and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 Marzo 1998
    ...the right to apply for forfeiture and the justices the power to order it, the maxim falsa demonstratio non nocet would apply: see Finbow v Air Ministry [1963] 1 WLR 697 at 709, where a minister mistakenly exercised a formal power under a repealed section instead of its re-enacted successor ......
  • Burrells Wharf Freeholds Ltd v Galliard Homes Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 1 Julio 1999
    ...where a public authority or person exercising a public law power purports to do so by reference to the wrong legislation. 67 Thus, in Finbow v Air Ministry [1963] 1 WLR 697 at 709, a Minister mistakenly exercised a formal power of approval of a licence to occupy land under a repealed sectio......
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